MANGALURU:
National Institute of Technology,
Karnataka, Surathkal, has cancelled physical reporting of candidates admitted to first year engineering courses.
All candidates who have confirmed seats will now have to report online after the completion of the sixth round of counselling by Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). Earlier too the
admission process was done online, but it was mandatory for candidates to report physically after counselling.
Adka Nityananda Shetty, dean (academic), NIT-K said, so far JoSAA has completed four rounds of counselling and the admission process will begin only after the sixth round. Candidates will be sent login details at registered email ids. “The online admission portal will open from November 9,” he said. “The institute is striving to complete the admission process, including direct admission of students abroad (DASA), by the end of November.”
Meanwhile, as many as five hostels of the institute that were converted by the district administration into Covid Care Centres, are yet to be handed back to the institution.
“The five hostels which were given to the government haven’t been officially handed over back to us. We will approach the district administration soon,” said Umamaheshwar Rao, director, NIT-K.
He said odd semester examinations, which are planned online, are likely to begin by November 16. “We have asked scholars to report to the institution and follow SOPs. There is no communication from the ministry of education on regular classes for UG and PG students,” Rao said.